Hop-picking basket.



PATENTBD APR. 4. 1905.

F. W. ORAVER.

HOP PIOKING BASKET.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.5,1904.

I W F N TOR,

W/ TNESS 53, 6406.5 6% 1 1121.

UNITED. STATES Patented April 4, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HOP-PICKING BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,487, dated April 4, 1905.

Application filed November 5, 1904. Serial No. 231,581.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANKLIN IV. CRAVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Santa Rosa, in the county of Sonoma and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hop-PickingBaskets, of which 'the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in containing devices, and is especially designed for hops or like substances.

It consists in the combination of a substantially rigid frame and a flexible lining fabric and in details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of my basket with inner portion partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the interior flexible inclosure, partly broken away, showing bottom ring.

It is the object of my invention to construct a light strong portable basket in which a flexible fabric forms the inner containing portion and is supported and maintained in shape by an inclosing skeleton frame within which it is maintained with a suitable tension and to which it is united so as to be easily removed and replaced.

The device, which I terma basket, consists of a properly-shaped interior flexible inclosure or container A, which may be made of burlap or of any other suitable or desired material. bottom, and its diameter increases from the bottom upward. A ring 2 is fitted around the interior, forming the periphery of the bottom, and another ring, 3, forms the support for the top of the inclosure A, which is enough longer than the device to fold over the ring 3, where it may be secured by means of a drawstring 4 passing through a hem in the edge of the fabric, so as to draw it together below the ring 3. The exterior frame has rigid supporting sides composed of light wires or rods 5 of suitable material, having their upper ends connected with the ring 3 and their lower ends with a ring 6, which incloses the bottom of the basket and which is united to the inner bottom ring 2 by clips 7 of any suitable character, thus holding the bottom of the It is here shown as having a flat part A distended and in position. Transverse rods 8 across the ring 6 serve to support the bottom of the interior fabric. The rods or wires 5 stand diagonally and cross each other between the top and bottom and may be united at the crossing-points to make a rigid support and inclosure for the fabric A, as at 9.

Around the top of the device above the turned-over edge of the inclosure A is fixed a ring 10, which protects the edge of A from wear.

In order to make a close fit between the rings 3 and 10, downwardly-curved bends 11 V.

are made in the ring 3 to receive the meeting ends of the side rods 5, which if made of wire are bent to clasp around these depressions, and these bends are enough lower than the top of the ring to allow the ring 10 to fit closely, as previously stated. These two rings are united by suitable clips 7 and the interior fabric is stretched and distended sufliciently for the use to which it is to be put.

The flaring of the basket from the bottom to the top makes it a convenient receptacle, into which hops may be placed as they are picked from the vines, and it also allows the hops to be easily disengaged and shaken out by inverting the basket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of an interior flexible inclosure having a bottom ring, an exterior frame substantially conforming to the inclosure, and means connecting the top and bottom of the inclosure to corresponding parts of the frame whereby the inclosure is held distended.

2. A containing-basket comprising an exterior frame having top and bottom rings and diagonally-crossed members connecting the rings, and a fabric inclosure having a bottom ring, and means for connecting the inclosure with the top and bottom of the exterior frame, thereby holding said inclosure distended.

3. A containing-basket comprising a flexible inclosure having a bottom ring, an exterior frame substantially conformable to the inclosure, and means connecting the bottom of the inclosure to a corresponding part of the frame, said inclosure having its upper end adapted to be turnedover the upper end of the frame whereby the inclosure is held distended in the frame.

4:. A containing-basket consisting of an exterior frame having a bottom and a top ring and diagonally-crossed side wires uniting the rings, a flexible fabric fitting within the frame, means by which the upper edge of said fabric is secured to the top ring of the frame, a ring by which the bottom of the fabric is distended, and means for uniting the bottom ring of the fabric to the bottom ring of the frame.

5. A containing-basket comprising an interior flexible inclosure having a bottom ring, an exterior frame substantially conformable to the inclosure and having top and bottom rings and side wires extending therebetween, means connecting the bottom ring of the frame to the bottom ring of the inclosure, said inclosure having its upper edge turned over the top ring of the frame, and an independent ring located above the turned-over edge of the inclosure as a protection therefor.

6. A containing-basket consisting of a flexible fabric, a ring by which its bottom is distended, a second ring to which the top of the fabric is secured, said ring being bent to form depressions around its periphery, diagonallycrossed frame-wires having their upper ends interlocked with the depressions of the ring, and a supplemental ring surrounding the bottom of the basket, to which ring the lower ends of the frame-wires are united.

7 A containing-basket consisting of a frame comprising top and bottom rings and diagonal wires extending between and united to said rings, a flexible fabric fitting within said frame, having its upper edge attached to the top ring, a ring by which the bottom of the fabric is distended, and means by which said bottom ring of the fabric is secured to the bottom ring of the frame.

8. A containing-basket comprising an exterior trussed wire frame, with top and bottom rings to which said frame is united, an interior flexible portion, having a bottom ring attachable to the bottom ring of the frame, and having its upper edge turned over and secured to the top ring of said frame whereby said fabric is removably attached to the frame, the sides extended, and the bottom distended.

9. A containing-basket comprising an exterior trussed wire frame with top and bottom rings to which said frame is united, transverse wires fixed across the bottom ring, an interior flexible portion having a bottom to rest upon said transverse supports, an interior ring by which the bottom is distended, means for connecting said ring with the bottom ring of the frame, and means by which the upper portion of the fabric is extended and connected with the top ring of the frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, FRANKLIN WV. GRAVER.

Vitnesses:

H. (J. DUGAN, G. D. BARNETT. 

